Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-26
HATTIE'S HISTORY.
what is Known About Her i'm
Peoria.

| what tS Known ABOUT fheE 'h
| Peoria.
The following clipping from the Pc
oria Democrat, which arrived at the
office of the HERALD last night. is in
! lsresting, from the fact that it may
throw Some light on the history Of
Hattie Woolsteen, on examination for
the murder DR.. Harlan:
A CONFESSED MURDEREss.
A later dispatch than the one given
Yesterday contains the following in re-
gard to Hattie Woolsteen:
Los ANGELES, Cal, October 25.-
Hattie Woolsteen, the girl who is un-
der arrest here on suspicion OF killing
DR.. Harlan, dentist and sporting
man, and afterwards burning the body,
made a confession of her guilt last
night and the took poison. She was
still alive at late hour.
Thus probably ends the story of
short though very eventful career.
Hattie and Minnie Woolsteen were
two very prepossessing young girls
when they first came to Peoria to work
in private families about two years
ago. Hattie worked first for w. Z. S.
Bum and afterwards for Officer Blood.
She was very pretty girl and made
a good impression on everybody at
first appearance. One would suppose,
to look at the girls, that they were the
daughters of well-to-do people, so nice
did they appear, and modest, too,
withal. But Hattie had a mania for
telling big tales, and she got SO she
could not be believed under oath.
Once she came home while working
for Mr.. Bum with fine gold watch
and chain and said that her father
had presented her with it. The watch
was an elegant one, studded with dia-
monds and rubies, and mnst have cost
nearly 500 at wholesale.
On the Goth OF April, 1886, two
handsome, Incorporating young Ia
dies, giving the name of Wilson, came
to Tom Webb and wanted a loan on a
fine gold watch which they carried.
The appearance of the girls was so
deceiving that he gave them a certain
sum on the article and they went their
way. Abont two months afterward
Webb tried to sell the watch to Tom
Mckinney. To make sure that it was
good watch Mckinney took it over
to have Fred Eynatten examine it.
As soon as Fred saw it he declared
that it was his watch and that it had
been stolen from him. He was
going to keep it, but Mckinney
wouldn't have it in that way and took
it back to Tom Webb. The latter
put Sam Craig on the track of the
girls and the search commenced in
earnest. They were tracked to Den
yer and from there to San Fsancisco.
At San Francisco they took a steamer
to Los Angeles. Here they remained
a little while and then came back, ar
irving in Peoria on the 2:15 G. B. q
@. train on the morning of August
7th. By 10 O'Clock they had been in
terviewed by an officer. Fred Eynat-
ten refused to prosecute the girls for
theft, and so, in order to get his money
back, Tom Webb settled with the
father of the girls, who proved to be
Hattie and Minnie Woolsteen. They did
not remain about here long, but soon
departed again for Los Angeles. The
claim made in the first dispatches that
it was DR.. Harlan who first accom-
plished her ruin is denied by parties
in Peoria, who say that the girl was
delivered of a child before leaving
this city. For girl who had lived
good part of her life in the country she
always showed a good deal of nerve
and coolness, such as would have
been the .envy of many hardened
wretch brought up to do and dare all
kinds of things. 1t is strange story
and tragic ending.